Improvement in overalls



A. RUSENBURG.

Overalls.

Patented Oct'. 27,1874.

No.156,381.V

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED ROSENB URG,'OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN ovERALLs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,381, dated October27, 1874; application tiled July 29, 1874.

' letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure l a front view, Fig. 2 a side view, and in Fig'. 3 an edge View,ofthe hook.

This invention relates to an improvement in overalls,such as are Wornbylaborers and oth# ers for the protection of their clothing while atwork; the object being to make. the overalls adjustable, so that themanufacturer may make all the same size, the dealer requiring a lessstock, and the same overalls to fit persons of varying sizes; and itconsists in'inserting in the hip-band and braces aY series of eyelets,combined with hooks on the fly, to engage either of said eyelets,according to the size of the person wearing the overalls.

A A, the two legs; B, the ily; C, the hipband, and D D the braces, allcut and made in the'usual manner, but for a large size. Into the band,at its front ends, I insert a series of eyelets, a, and a like series ofeyelets into each of the braces D. To the ily I attach a hook, d, ateach side, and at the top, as shown, which will engage any of theeyelets, according to the size of the person wearing the overalls. Thehook is constructed as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. d, the hook, is formedwith a barb, g, and perforated at its base, as at i. h, the latch, isperforated at its base corresponding to the hook, as at Ai, and indentedat its tip, to engage the barb g. The base oi' the hook is placed on oneside of the dy B, and the latch on the reverse. Then set an eyeletthrough the three, as seen in Fig. 2. This pivots the latch, so that itmay be turned to the right or left, as seen in Fig. 3. The latch issomewhat elastic, and, when closed, catches upon the barb g, and isthere held, to prevent the parts of the garment secured by it fromdisengaging, but is easily raised from the barb when. occasion requires.

I claim- Overalls having the waistband B and shoulder-braces D,provided, each, with a series of eyelets, a, in combination with the nyB, provided with the hooks d, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

ALFRED ROSENBURG.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM KRAPP, LESTER B. LocKwooD.

